Store empty (default) branch in branch cache, too.
Operations on this branch don't work otherwise.
Reading branches.cache had to be adjusted to allow an empty label.
Adjusted reading of the cache tip for symmetry, no functional change here.
#!/bin/sh
set -e
mkdir test
cd test
echo foo>foo
hg init
hg addremove
hg commit -m "1"
hg verify
hg clone . ../branch
cd ../branch
hg co
echo bar>>foo
hg commit -m "2"
cd ../test
hg pull ../branch
hg verify
hg co
cat foo
hg manifest --debug